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O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has hired Republican consultant Dave Gilliard to run her reelection campaign, according to the L.A. Times. Here are a couple of excerpts from their article about Hutchens’ campaign:
She will sell herself as a cop and a “compellingly genuine human being who does not have the political DNA that many Orange County office-seekers are born with,” Gilliard said. “I’ve run campaigns for over 20 years and actually never seen a candidate like her.”
“There’s a lot of huffing and puffing right now,” Gilliard said. “People who long for the old days, and it’s going to take a while to get over it, but they’re going to have to get over it.”
I think Hutchens has been a total failure. But at the same time I did enjoy seeing the Carona hacks have to turn in their badges and guns. Yet there is little doubt that Hutchens overplayed that card – angering law abiding citizens who have good reason to carry concealed weapons. There is no reason to issue such permits to hacks like Adam Probolsky, Mike Schroeder or Jon Fleischman, but there are plenty of other folks who do have good reasons to carry such weapons – and they won’t be voting for Hutchens.
So who will run? Hard to say, but I think we will see ousted OCSD Deputy Bill Hunt and SAPD Chief Paul Walters in the mix. Former L.A. Commander Ralph Martin would be better than either of them…
Wish California would become a right to carry state – then this gun permit foolishness would be gone.
I think it sadly go’s way beyong the CCW Issue, It has to do with her attitude to the people she is supposed to Serve. Undercover deputies, swat teams and spying is not “serving the people”
Art,
Isn’t Gilliard also Janet’s consultant? Imagine that.
Sean,
Yes – and he also designed the racist campaign material used by Mimi Walters last year, against Harry Sidhu.
Janet’s campaign had quite an anti-Latino flavor to it with Gilliard at the helm. When you combine that with the Mimi Walters campaign he has quite a history of using race baiting tactics.
I wonder what kind of racist campaigning he will put forth for Hutchens?
Hutchens WILL be re-elected. Carona was nothing more than an out of control little man with a huge ethics and morality problem. He did all of his corrupt deeds right under the nose of the Republican power base and the Orange County government system. All folks did was clap for the king because they wanted to be in the throne room with him. Hutchens assumed command of a great organization filled with corrupt management (those part of the Carona machine). She is making changes, and folks don’t like that. She took away guns and badges that were sold via envelopes stuffed with money. She has made a couple of mistakes, part of life. But I trust her and so do the non-CCW residents of OC. I have worked with Sandy, she is good people, a good cop and an ethical Sheriff. Something Carona never was.
Funny thing is, the woman in this campaign has more expereince than all three put together. Hutchens was a ghetto street cop who developed good working relationships with her constintuents and those that she served. Plus, she’s been in some pretty dangerous situations as street cop. Paul Walters, Bill Hunt and Ralph Martin don’t compare…